"Lachrimae" by John Dowland

[@thespanielinquisition7167]

As a professional cabinetmaker I can tell you that there's a decade's work in the panelling in that room

[@leoduvert6781]

It was made by damiano da bergamo around1547 for the chapel of batie d’urfé in the forez ( France) , castle of Claude d’urfe, french ambassador at the council of trente:) others info on the met site , it was dispersed at thé XIX century With a pavement as beautiful

[@laurie8580]

@Jerome Lund nobody ever does

[@AltGrendel]

Can you have it done by Thursday?

[@homefront3162]

Jerome Lund No one expectsthe Spanish Inquisition... 🐰

[@09nob]

Nah mate a CNC miller would piss it in about a week.

[@cesar_8336]

This song was top #1 of medieval Europe radio stations for years.

[@alsuz]

🙂👍

[@akx12740]

在文藝復興晚期

[@robertoriggio117]

They have medieval radio stations? And they have charts? That's cool!

[@finzenberger]

yeah it was a hit #1

[@JMooreWrites]

Severely underrated comment 😆

[@gillian7662]

This is my professor, he is a very interesting person, and knows everything there is to know about early instruments and music manuscripts.

[@leoyu2142]

Please help me tell him that he is handsome!!!

[@chloebate7378]

There is literally nothing better than a teacher or a professor who is actually interesting and intrigues students to learn more, you are hella lucky :)

[@AdamMundok]

Are you studying lute playing? If yes, looking forward to your first video!

[@outat1me467]

@@triggerhappy522 What a bunch of random nonsensical words strung together that offers nothing to anyone. If you have nothing useful to say, say nothing at all, don't waste other peoples time with your words. Also, learn how to use punctuation properly, they teach it in the 1st grade... :)

[@triggerhappy522]

@@outat1me467 your second sentence is a run on ... my words are useful because they CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!

[@UnumDeum]

My wife walked down the aisle to this song rather than the traditional bridal chorus. This song will always remain with me. Thank you Mr. Dowland for creating such beautiful music, and thanks to the artists who can replicate such beauty.

[@anniefannycharles9951]

What a nice choice. I bet your wedding was a lovely affair.

[@reearean]

Just this instrument alone is a priceless masterpiece. I'd be afraid to touch it.

[@dieterhase2553]

@Zoot Rollo it is just a piece of wood, altered by man and played by man.

[@anti-fangirlfanclub4776]

@@dieterhase2553hats way of terribly simplifying things

[@dieterhase2553]

@@anti-fangirlfanclub4776 i am glad you understood my comment, are you afraid of this piece of wood aswell, or would you touch it, to make it fullfill its purpose?

[@Gongchime]

Me got one a doze beastiez.

[@Catmom2004]

@@Gongchime I don't doubt it for a moment.

[@Wintergatan]

Loved it but was waiting for the bass drop all time, those low strings looked so ready for it

[@elliotmadethis]

Wintergatan omg hi Wintergatan- Dowland’s music is lovely isn’t it

[@luca920]

Didn't expect you here haha :D

[@jinters1326]

Unfortunately the original (renaissance ) tablature of this composition doesn't call for it. Think it only really uses the first 6 or 7 courses of the instrument. The extra courses (total 13) are there as it has been modified during the baroque era. Yet he had it tuned in viel ton rennaissnce G to play a composition around the time the unmodified instrument was originally constructed.

[@iiirdeyeheretik]

@@jinters1326 To be fair, it wasn't uncommon to drop the bass an octave for some compositions and arrangements for instruments with the range. Baroque and rennaissance music isn't as dogmatic, particularly lutes, about every note being in its exactly place as written on the score.

[@ignaciogonzalez6416]

For a proper bass drop you need a theorbo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5a4lHp6adeFiMU On this video actually the problem is that he is playing a lute that dates at least 100 years after the composition of the piece, dowland's lute was 6-7 courses, so he could not write a bass drop.

[@maximilianraab18]

I find it amazing how good some people can get in an instrument. Not only that, but also how incredibly emotional some people can make music. There is just so much more to music than just playing of the sheet.

[@haggai3.477]

Thoughts are Spiritual Conversations. Thoughts Trigger Emotions. Emotions are the Language of the SOUL. Emotions Emit a Frequency called Feelings. Feelings are the Language of Frequency. Emotions regulate Mood. Mood mitigates what a person is motivated to do. Mood is the messenger of the SOUL. Moods are the Flavors of the Inner/Spirit Man. ESSENTIALLY, Moods are the Fruits of the Inner/ Spirit Man. Music is Mood Management. To manage is to be Successful in Doing or PRODUCING Something. Production is the birthing of a VISION. VISION is the ability to SEE what is Being SAID.

[@ysf-psfx]

@@haggai3.477 Mystical woo-woo BS. A lot of fluffy words with no substance. What goofy things to believe!

[@m.g.kroger]

He plays so clean and clear, he must be very into the spirit of the music of the time.

[@lunarlight3131]

how do you know?

[@zakboukhriss]

I'm still waiting for an NPC to approach me with an intriguing side quest.

[@Phlebas]

There are rats in the larder pissing and crapping all over the food. I'll give you 5 gp if you get rid of them.

[@lucasmagdalena7124]

@@Phlebas By the hammer of Moradin ;)

[@Cheyne_TetraMFG]

There.......once was a hero named Ragnar the Red

[@lexiouse5357]

@@Cheyne_TetraMFG who came riding to whiterun from old rorikstead

[@jefverstraete8574]

Hello adventurer, my sheep have run amok, will you help me find them ?

[@Michajeru]

Oh I love this performance. So beautiful. Beautiful instrument, beautifully played and such a beautiful setting. The music sounds harp-like and noble.

[@mimilovehealth8605]

love John Dowland, wonderful performance, thank you.💛

[@nirad8026]

Love how the comments here were very personal and warm. Gives a sense of comfort and protection.

[@newreast3904]

the personal need for comfort and protection that didnt get as a kid shouldnt make people rightwing.

[@nirad8026]

@@newreast3904 What the fuck

[@sukhmandersingh4306]

@@newreast3904 Thanks for you much needed input

[@tonymostromable]

@@newreast3904 ##monkeywrench##

[@marilumendoza7038]

So glad to know that there are still persons that have mastered this beautiful and ancient art and are teaching to New generations

[@fnersch]

John Dowland was one of Elizabethan England's finest composers. He was held in high esteem by the Queen.

[@andreafalconiero9089]

Not enough esteem to give him a job, though! As a result of this he spent most of his career working in foreign courts. He moans about it in some of his letters. I think he did finally receive an English court appointment late in life.

[@fgonzalez43]

He was Catholic in an Anglican country. There is evidence that the queen did invite him to do private recitals. Also evidence that while in Italy he spied on English Catholics and reported to Walsingham.

[@emrebaskocak]

Being a Catholic wasn't a problem for William Byrd to be hired as the court lutenist

[@ozzy5628]

fnersch AND HE WAS FUCKING 🔥🔥🔥

[@sophiaperennis2360]

@@emrebaskocak William Byrd wasn't always Catholic, and when he did become one he did in fact get in trouble. That said, as a musician he probably didn't pose much of a treat, so he didn't incur as much wrath as he could have.

[@curtism7472]

I hear this was a real head-banger back in the 80s ... the 1580s that is

[@bptdns22]

Listen to him shredding that lute

[@classicalguitarbasics7437]

@@bptdns22 I know what you mean. He also threw in some 8 finger tapping then immediately did a dive-bomb!

[@bptdns22]

@@classicalguitarbasics7437 I'm picturing hil playing a flying V lute right now

[@classicalguitarbasics7437]

@@bptdns22 but the real question is... do you think he likes depressing his whammy bar?

[@bptdns22]

@@classicalguitarbasics7437 i bet he does

[@dhogwen1318]

Quel instrument merveilleux. Quelle finesse et variété dans l'interprétation. Magnifique.

[@manayupanqui7456]

I want to go to this wonderful room and listen this nice music! Thank you.

[@gwendolynmarie5788]

What a lovely offering of sheer beauty. Thank you! My heart rejoices.

[@Catmom2004]

Well said!

[@m.a.nugent8278]

What beautiful music and what a beautiful sounding instrument. Bravo!

[@Catmom2004]

The workmanship on the instrument is INCREDIBLE. The close up at 3:47 is blowing my mind.

[@user-td2lg1fl6h]

He’s exactly how i imagine a lute player to look like.

[@supersonicguy556]

i only listen to this and mongolian throat singing

[@tonystone1166]

Ahmad Hejja you need to get out more mate

[@ccunliffe]

@@tonystone1166 If you don't have anything nice to say, fuck you.

[@flossyatom]

@@ccunliffe r/wooosh ?

[@fredmachine]

I mix in some avant garde Black Metal from time to time.

[@cinder2]

What a legend.

[@sthom4bad]

Where do lute players buy their puffy shirts?

[@aaronthomas8834]

Lutes R Us kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaK6d4Z4pqariJY

[@michaelpanetta2161]

The Puffy Shirt Store.

[@EdwardOberon]

Party City

[@sketchartist1964]

And puffy wigs....

[@MichaelCarMusic]

Ye Oulde Navy

[@СергейКравец-ъ6ы]

Thank you. It was very nice to hear such a beautiful music plaid on a ancient instrument.

[@gliuto]

Me: I have a 12 string guitar... That guy: Would you please be so kind as to gently hold my spirit?

[@LilFrg]

Reading the comments makes me feel like there are some quality 1500s memes I’m missing out on

[@fiddlelove5889]

Like from heaven! Played so sensitively touching Thank you💝

[@joseluiscervataldacendelsa6210]

Thank you for this wonderful magical virtuoso gift, I want more with this rhythm I am greedy greetings from a flamenco gypsy from Seville Spain

[@BlindingDarkness1111]

This music is beautiful. The skill to make it on this instrument is amazing. Well done! 🥰

[@donnavorce8856]

Wonderful in every way. Thank you The Met!

[@depretorevincenzo6617]

Music for the soul. Excellent performance Maestro

[@PhilipMireau]

Cudos to presentation of music and the background atmosphere, well done.....

[@remyd27]

Wow!unbelievable.and so clean Hats off 2 this man

[@remyd27]

@Martin G lol

[@BxCx666]

Such a beautiful melody and such a tender sound. And of course an outstanding performance. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

this gave me the plague, in a good way

[@jane3ta]

Frank James Bonarrigo 12:38am I just woke up the entire household I was laughing so hard at your comment.

[@xxparentaladvisoryx]

Underrated comment!

[@JoseMorenoComposer]

You have my like, good man :)

[@RubiMercuri]

😂😂😂

[@robbrown8483]

There is no good way to have the plague. What an imbecilic, tasteless comment.

[@kam5551]

Musical instruments from centuries ago still touch people's hearts

[@somosmauricio]

Thank you for the beautiful piece of music

[@guidodebie8580]

Great music, nicely played, beautifull sound. Thanks

[@jameseggeling5354]

Awesome music. I love the pieces from this time period. Playing them on guitar is quite the challenge I must say. First artist from this period I was intrigued with. Began to play classical guitar in 1981, where I was introduced to J.S. Bach.and have loved it ever since

[@lindamclean8809]

Beautiful.....what a lovely relaxing sound. 🥰🥰

[@judihopewell7148]

Gorgeous music beautifully executed

[@soslothful]

Someone was killed?

[@Stechamppn]

Masterful .the right hand work is amazing..I play guitar and you watch this and think the skill they had what 500 year back was quality ...the craftsmen who made them etc...it blows me away

[@laviniacapogna4]

Beautifully played. Thank you for sharing it.

[@peterg.bassist]

Brilliant! I admire tremendously your passion and dedication to this marvelous music and remarkable musical instrument. Bravissimo, Maestro!

[@nocomment2468]

I've never heard Flow my Tears so slow, but it has a lovely atmospheric, intimate feeling. Exquisite phrasing!

[@ratroddiesels1981]

this is a beautiful piece played masterfully. also a shout out to the luthier who labored many long times building this lute especially the sound holes that must of been one tedious job.

[@laurakazimir1712]

Yes, isn’t it gorgeous?!

[@mh605]

Beautiful! So cool that it was played on an instrument from the same time the music was composed. Absolutely lovely, thanks!

[@lorenzogobbi4126]

Wonderful performance! Thank you for sharing. Remarkable skills from every point of view: pleasant sound, full command of the strings, balanced sound, poetic imagination

[@nelavc21]

Simply beautiful...

[@StephenS-2024]

Beautiful , Professor.

[@mariaashot5648]

Thank you so much for posting this magnificent performance!

[@alexanderfoelkel8316]

Sounds so soothing and comforting.

[@tšanchezt]

Отличная интерпретация творчества отца английской музыки. Большое спасибо за обмен.

[@SueLyons1]

One part of English music

[@florentintise]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@brianvalero6272]

I remember when they played this at my wedding in a past life.

[@hrr585]

😂👏🏼

[@JK-ox2kp]

This is absolutely beautiful. It does something deep inside. What an amazing skill to be able to have. Thank you for sharing your passion and talent

[@MsrAlaindeFerrier]

Just totally beautiful

[@kriskouri7200]

Very beautiful, calming, and soothing

[@uneedtherapy42]

I played this for my lady Guinevere and she was so overcome with a case of the vapors I am flummoxed if she will recover in a fortnight.

[@bobtaylor170]

I understand echinachea is good for the vapors.

[@StefanScripca]

@uneedtherapy42 Except they didn't talk like that in the 1500s. "Flummoxed" is a 19th century word. The term "case of the vapors" is also from around that time. Plus, you sort of your used it wrong as well.

[@StefanScripca]

@@bobtaylor170 Echinacea is an American herb. The American tribes were using it long before the 16th century, however, even with the "Americas" having already been discovered, I don't believe that lady "Guinevere" would have had access to it, just yet as it certainly was not used in Europe around that time.

[@StefanScripca]

There, all fixed. 9 months later.

[@joeshoe4940]

uneedtherapy42 classy but I am the real Lute troll look for my work in the Weby Lute donjons of the tube

[@vondahe]

This is not normally my kind of music at all, but the skills of the musician made it captivating.

[@peggylacey265]

Beautiful, the right hand technique is amazing, I play more or less same arr on guitar but to see forefinger above thumb looks so strange, I first saw Elizabeth Wilson playing same. I really enjoyed that thank you. Gerard lacey in Ireland.

[@chuckmccroskey4864]

peggy lacey , I agree about the right hand . Classical guitarist here also.

[@3340steve]

Beautiful playing here...what a wonderful start to my day.....excellent....

[@leesantana42]

love the sound, thanks for the 'guts' to do this Chris!

[@muharremdemirdis7622]

Flow my tears...is very beautiful...

[@oldbladderhorn949]

just an amazing piece of music, really amazing, and i guess very well played and well beyond the scope of today's popular celebrity so so zombie pop music

[@jpstenino]

Magnificent performance Magnificent video/ audio

[@margaretfarquhar9567]

This music touches my ancient self I know that I lived then

[@sailingsam3815]

So beautifully played

[@juniorfreitas4576]

Muito bonito, expressivo, uma das melhores interpretações que já ouvi. Bravo!

[@vanguard4065]

my favorite piece of music of all time

[@FrJacobSJ]

This man is a world treasure.

[@DavidComdico]

Beautiful instrument and composition.

[@marcobellinzona]

Che meraviglia infinita

[@agentviktor3297]

What an awesome piece of music!

[@halvmane5969]

I really love the way Dowland resolves chords

[@greeenjeeens]

You feel the tension build, and it's just perfect.

[@iankoeklenberg3280]

Wonderfull music and beauifull instrument

[@magaliberal]

Wow, what a performance.... i'm so impressed. This instrument has more than 20 strings and I struggle with 6.... 👏👏👏

[@ibgeorgeb]

Yes. A beautiful performance. I struggle with three valves.

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@julianadeau7494]

More than 43k views, but not a single like?!? How could that be??? As so accurately stated by Monsieur François Lebedel, this is marvelous music and a superb interpretation! How could anyone listen to this flawless performance and not like it? Come on, people, click that "Thumbs up!"!!!

[@RMeitzen]

Likes are disable for this video sadly. I wonder why, no one in their right minds would dislike a masterpiece such as this.

[@lesb.n.3096]

hmm im afraid in a situation like this, the only way for us to properly celebrate this marvellous rendition of John Dowland's 'Lachrimae' would be to either smash that mf'n like button or alternatively, for the more cultured, press 'f' to pay respects.

[@leenasfar3028]

um they just decided not to show how many likes or dislikes *bruuh* lmao. no shade, just fax

[@john1272]

thumbthing to think about

[@tompommerel2136]

Beautiful performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AndromedaCripps]

I've always preferred the vocal version this was later adapted into (Flow My Tears) but there's something solitary and utterly melancholic about a lachrimae for solo lute... 😊

[@gunslingingbird74]

I accompanied a tenor on that, and a couple other Dowland songs. I also prefer the vocal version.

[@gunslingingbird74]

@Eddie Bravo (Your ignorance is showing)

[@Bassman911]

I was wondering which was first, this or "Flow My Tears"

[@franckdouvin1069]

Great! One of my favorite composers...

[@markrebeccajennings3325]

As a musician, all I can say is truly amazing! Wonderful music, unlike the nonsense of today.

[@adolforosado]

Absolutely beautiful, sublime!

[@Lardon2]

Wow! What a beautiful interpretation of this John Dowland masterpiece! ;)

[@williewonka6694]

Fabulous music played by a virtuoso. The background scene for the video is amazing and feels just right.

[@robertgevere113]

This beautiful music made me want to live in those good old days. At least for a short visit and with a few sellswords to protect me.

[@sayro5298]

Simply awesome!

[@augustclemente2662]

Haruki Murakami Brought me here. 1Q84 is lovely to read while listening to the music describe in the particular scene. Makes you feel like you are in the very scene itself while the characters talk.

[@sanjayparakkel4474]

Makes me wish i had a playlist off all those songs in there.

[@clundgeweep]

Interesting. Rose Tremain brought me here.

[@stefinilou9581]

Same here 😊

[@brucekuehn4031]

Like a trip back in time Thanks!

[@benyuluo8871]

Sorry that I read the name "John Download" by mistake ... but the music is just brilliant !

[@samyard]

😂🤣👋

[@nicolechaplain-pearman4679]

John Download! ROTFL! I'll have to remember that one!

[@bptdns22]

Sorry but i'm definitely John Downloading this

[@sukhmandersingh4306]

@@bptdns22 please john't download this, let him make his KZbin revenue

[@jacquesfontaine3384]

Quel répertoire que celui de la Renaissance anglaise.Ce lufh par ses timbres si équilibrés entre grave et aigue magnifie cette pièce.Merci.

[@ChristianCziurlock]

the structure is so absolutely beautiful and complex and the perfect balance of pitch and rhythm , tonal color it is a flawless composition.

[@Tobby4063]

This is awesome. Love the room. That lute looks like real challenge to play. The guy's obviously a genius.

[@sifridbassoon]

the variations that Dowland wrote on Lacrhimae are beloved by my viola da gamba group. We play all of them at least once a month.

[@esteger1]

Very beautiful.

[@dreamrender9138]

I like the sound of lute more than guitar

[@jamesjohnson4432]

Arceus me too and I play guitar.

[@dougr.2398]

A rounded belly gives a rounder tone?!?

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

Yes, the lute has more influence from nature in its sound due to the strings being in courses. Gives it a more open sound, more alive. Guitars can sound very straight ahead and somewhat dull if not played by a master.

[@marcussfebruary9104]

Hell yes

[@sideoutside]

If only you could tune it as easily. It comes out of tune after only a few songs, takes forever to tune. Does sound nice when you finally get it there, just not worth the hassle.

[@shahriarzand5923]

This is not Music... It is pure liquid gold!

[@giuliaguarneri3245]

Thanks to 1Q84

[@000Fabulous000]

yes, the dowager has wonderful taste in music

[@busraa.6710]

This song is interesting and nice like the 1Q84 novel 👍🏽

[@dawidp5484]

Philip Dick "Flow my tears..."

[@randomserb761]

giulia guarneri Thanks for reminding me of those interesting few months of my life

[@mr_king_n_watch1659]

haha, this is the first comment I have read about the novel xD

[@oculii1]

Beautiful; thanks so much.